New Delhi - Al-Qaeda is trying to destabilize the entire region of South Asia and can cause a war between India and Pakistan, said U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters on Wednesday.The groups under the syndicateAl-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan to destabilize not only Afghanistan, not only Pakistan, but the whole area with lit conflict between India and Pakistan through provocative actions, Gates said during his visit to New Delhi."It is important to recognize the great threat facing the entire region," he said after talks with Indian Defense Minister AK Antony.Gates mentioned the three main groups operating under the umbrella Al-Qaeda - Taliban forces fighting in Afghanistan, Taliban elements who attacked the Pakistan government and the hardline Islamic group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET) that focus on India .Although praised India for control after the Mumbai attacks in 2008 - who said New Delhi conducted by the LET - Gates hinted that India could not be expected to remain in control if they are attacked again."I think it reasonable to predict that India patience has limits in the event of further attacks," he said.The attacks in 2008 in Mumbai, the financial and entertainment capital of India, has worsened relations between India and Pakistan, which has been involved in three wars, two of which related to the problem of Kashmir, the only state in the Muslim-majority Indian population are Hindu .New Delhi to stop the dialogue with Islamabad that began in 2004 after the Mumbai attacks in November 2008 that killed more than 166 people.India says it has proof that the official agencies in Pakistan are involved in the planning and execution of these attacks - seem to point to the military intelligence agencies and Pakistan. Islamabad denied the charges.Some Indian officials accused the attack was carried out by Pakistan support group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, which is fighting Indian rule in Kashmir and is famous for the attack on Indian parliament in 2001. However, Lashkar spokesman denied involvement in the attacks.India says that the 10 armed men who carried out the attack came from Pakistan. New Delhi had given Islamabad a list of 20 suspected terrorists and demanded their arrest and extradition. Manmohanh Indian Prime Minister Singh said in mid-July that negotiations for peace with Pakistan would remain suspended until the country take action against those responsible for the attacks in Mumbai last year.statement seems to conflict with a joint statement with Pakistan PM Yusuf Raza Gilani, where the two leaders said that action against terrorism should not be associatedwith the dialogue process.In a statement to the media India, Singh said, "There should be an honest effort to bridge the serious gap that separates the two countries".In August, Pakistan to ensure the Indians on their full cooperation in preventing new acts of terror after a warning from Singh that the militants in Pakistan are planning new attacks.Prime Minister of Pakistan had also promised to do everything to bring those responsible for the Mumbai attacks to justice.Pakistan has arrested several people accused of involvement in the attacks, including suspected mastermind Zakiduddin Lakhvi.